**Tarzan's Origin:** Tarzan is actually named John Clayton …
**Tarzan's Origin:** Tarzan is actually named John Clayton III, the child of aristocratic parents, Lord and Lady Greystoke, who were stranded on the western coast of Africa after a mutiny. Both died, leaving their infant son alone. He was then adopted by a she-ape named Kala, who named him Tarzan, meaning "white skin" in her tribe's language.